Wall-tie.



(No ModeL) )Vifiesses:

G. T. INMAN.

v Patented May 27, I902.

W A L L T! E (Application filed Sept. 3, 1901 NiTien STATES PATENTOFFICE.

CHARLES T. INMAN, OF AKRON, OHIO.

WALL-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 700,932, dated May 27,1902.

Application filed September 3,1901. fierial No- '7&,193. (No model.)

To cbZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CHARLES T. INMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates,residing'at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wall-Ties, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention has relation to improvements in ties or binders for walls,either when it is desired to place a pressed-brick veneer on a wall ofcommon brick or on'a wood framework, with board sheathing or thinflagging veneer on abrick or stone wall,and it is especially designedfor strengthening hollow brick walls.

The object of my invention is to provide a cheap, compact, and durablehinder or tie that will firmly bind the wall and that will be readilyapplied.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel tie or binderhereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in the claims,reference being had to the accompanying drawing,- which forms a part ofthis specification.

The accompanying drawing represents a portion of a wall composed ofthree bricks 1, 2, and 3, on which is laid my improved binder 4. Thisbinder is composed of a number of wires (preferably three) braided intoa loose fiat plait 4. As the wall is built this plait is laid in themortar extending across the bricks nearly to the outer face of the sidebrick and held by the next superimposed brick. When a hollow wall isneeded, a space is left where the brick 2 is the binder extending acrossthis space. Where it is desired to use this binder to connect a brickveneer with a wood house, one end of the plait is bent up at a rightangle and nailed to the sheathing, a construction that will be readilyunderstood without an additional figure.

Where pressed brick are used and the structure of mortar is thin, thebinder is previous to being used run between rolls and flattened.

I claim as my invention-=- 1. A wall-tie consisting of a plurality ofinterlocking wires in the form of a loose braid with the intersticesbetween the wires of sufficient size to permit the entrance therein ofcement or similar substances, substantially as shown and described.

2. An improved wall-tie consisting of a num ber, preferably three wires,braided into a loose plait, and flattened between rolls, substantiallyas shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the above I hereunto set my hand in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES T. INMAN.

In presence of- G. P. HUMPHREY, O. E. HUMPHREY.

